Toyota to hire 1,000 more employees at new US headquarters in Texas

Toyota's new 100-acre (40.5-hectare) headquarters campus in Plano, Texas is set to open in mid-2017, and will employ about 4,000, including the new hires, Toyota said.Reuters | October 14, 2016, 16:16 IST

Toyota Motor Corp on Thursday said it will hire 1,000 additional staff for its new US base under construction in a Dallas suburb.

Toyota's new 100-acre (40.5-hectare) headquarters campus in Plano, Texas is set to open in mid-2017, and will employ about 4,000, including the new hires, Toyota said.

"We will be hiring more than 1,000 new team members across numerous functions, and our hope is that they will help us in Toyota's mission to address mobility challenges for everyone, now and in the future," said Jim Lentz, Toyota's North America chief executive.

Some staff have already moved to Plano from the existing US headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance.

More than 2,000 construction workers are at the site daily.

The first US Toyota dealership was established in the late 1950s and the company has since maintained its US base in Southern California. The campus in Torrance was established in 1982. About 2,500 people will remain at the Torrance campus once the transition to Plano is complete, mainly sales and design staff, Toyota said.